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1. section 3 notes 2. the romans regarded greek art, literature, philosophy, and scientific genius as the height of cultural achievement the romans adapted greek…
1. chapter 5 section 1 2. minoan civilization europe---named after europa, the daughter of the king of phoenicia who settled on the island of crete with zeus…
1. section 1 notes 2. “egypt is wholly the gift of the nile” 3. farming villages were formed along the nile river “black land”---narrow band (10 miles)…
1.chapter 3 section 3 notes 2. the geography of china the ancient chinese called their land “zhongguo”---middle kingdom china was isolated by long distances and…
1.section 2 notes2. in the face of invasion by vikings, magyars, and muslims, kings and emperors were too weak to maintain law and order feudalism---loosely organized…
1.chapter 5 section 3 notes2. the persian wars herodotus---told the story of the greek’s pride by 500 b.c., athens had emerged as the wealthiest city-state…
1.section 1 notes 2. upanishads---collection of sacred texts hinduism and buddhism---both major world religions emerged in ancient india unlike most major religions,…
1. section 3 notes 2. the world in 1050 several other civilizations were flourishing outside of europe during this same time period: muslim…
1. section 3 notes 2. the complex caste system the three pillars of indian life are the caste system, family, and village aryans divided society into four classes…
1. chapter 1 section 1 2. understanding our past austen layard dug up statues in iraq in 1845 that were from the assyrian civilization--- statues that were 3,000 years…
1. section 2 notes 2. in 321 bc, chandragupta maurya forged the first great indian empire the capital of the empire was at pataliputra had a well-organized bureaucracy---royal…
1. section 1 notes 2. in 1922, archaeologists in northwestern india made a huge discovery digging in the indus river valley they discovered evidence of a lost civilization…
1. section 5 notes 2. shi huangdi---means “first emperor” zheng proclaimed himself this title shi huangdi built the strong, authoritarian government of the…
1. section 1 notes 2. monarchs, nobles, and the church feudal monarchs in europe were at the head ofsociety but had limited power because they had to rely on vassals…
1. section 5 notes 2. early in their history, the israelites, or hebrews, came to believe that god was taking a hand in their lives. as a result, they recorded events…
1. section 4 notes 2. early in the pax romana, a new religion, christianity, sprang up in a distant corner of the roman empire the new faith grew rapidly and…
1. section 1 notes 2. horatius---legendary roman hero who supposedly single-handedly saved rome from the invading etruscan army this legend helps us understand…
1. section 1 notes 2. around 600 ad, waves of invaders were sweeping across europe trade slowed to a trickle, towns emptied, and learning virtually ceased…
1. section 2 notes 2. the holy roman empire in 936, duke otto i of saxony took the title king of germany he worked closely with the church and appointed bishops to…